Congratulations to Our Graduate Medical Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awardees!
Graduate Medical Sciences is pleased to announce that Christopher D. Andry, MPhil, PhD’94, and Jennifer Luebke, PhD’90, have been honored as GMS Distinguished Alumni awardees by the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Alumni Association.
Andry and Luebke both serve as long-time faculty within GMS and Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, each having made significant and impactful contributions to their fields, their departments, the Medical Campus and BU as a whole. They will be honored on Saturday, Sept. 28 during an Alumni Awards Luncheon in Hiebert Lounge.
In anticipation of the upcoming luncheon, GMS spoke with Andry and Luebke to learn more about their careers, research, time at BU as students and as faculty and what it means to receive this award. Learn more about each awardee below:
Christopher D. Andry, MPhil, PhD, serves as chief, pathology & laboratory medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and chair, pathology & laboratory medicine at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and professor of pathology & laboratory medicine and family medicine.
Andry’s career at BMC and BU has spanned more than 40 years, during which time he has demonstrated a deep-rooted commitment to and passion for the mission of the BMC Health System, the University and Medical Campus and the Boston community at large. He is dedicated to education and the creation of opportunities for students, faculty and staff who have been historically underrepresented in science and medicine. Andry received his PhD in pathology from BU and his bachelor of science and master of philosophy in biological sciences from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Waterhouse Professor and Chair of Anatomy & Neurobiology Jennifer Luebke, PhD, has served in many roles at BU, including as principal investigator of the Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology since 1996, vice-chair of anatomy & neurobiology, and director of the PhD and Vesalius Master’s Programs in Anatomy & Neurobiology. She has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Boston University Faculty Council, including as chair of the Sustainability Committee, and she was chair of the Supply Chain & Waste Working Group of BU’s Climate Action Plan Taskforce. She also has served on BU’s Council Committee on Graduate Academic Programs and Policies, and she currently serves on the medical school’s Faculty Appointment and Promotions Committee.
Luebke received her doctorate in anatomy & neurobiology from Boston University School of Medicine and completed postdoctoral training in neurophysiology at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine. She joined our community as an assistant professor of anatomy & neurobiology in 1996.
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